“LOCK ‘EM UP! LOCK ‘EM UP!”

We may soon long for a return to the halcyon days when Newt Gingrich was merely a blight on the Vatican. https://t.co/5PGk600UkZ

— Jack Holmes (@jackholmes0) January 24, 2022

It occurs to me, belatedly, that Gingrich knows he’s talking empty smack, and he doesn’t care. He’s not running for office; but he is getting political Twitter in an uproar as if he’s the spokesperson for the GOP, not Trump or any officeholder. Best time he’s had in years, and it costs him nothing.

Gingrich remembers “LOCK ‘ER UP!” Did Trump ever do that? Did he even try? No! Even Trump knew that was bullshit. He still brags about building a wall he didn’t build. He never once brags about trying to lock up Hillary. Crowds at his rallies still chant about locking somebody up. They know they aren’t asking for a blood sacrifice. They know they aren’t even asking for action. They just want to express their will to power. The expression is enough.

What has MTG accomplished? Madison Cawthorn? Gaetz? Jordan? They don’t have to accomplish anything. Making noise is enough.

So Gingrich is not opening a new front in the war. He’s not even joining the war. He’s just catching a ride. He’s not writing checks he can’t cash. He’s just playing the game he invented.

Made you look.

Dance, monkeys, dance!